Brent Kramer Files on Communications Workers of America, Local 1101
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Abstract
Brent Kramer was an employee of the New York Telephone Company and member of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 1101. This collection contains records of Brent Kramer and several of his colleagues' rank-and-file activities in Communications Workers of America Local 1101 from 1970 to the 1990s. CWA Local 1101 represented Bell System (and later Verizon) technical workers in Manhattan and the Bronx. The materials cover the strikes of 1971 and 1989, the Newman v. Local 1101, Communications Workers of America lawsuit, and Local 1101 elections.
Biographical Note
Brent Kramer was an employee of the New York Telephone Company and member of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 1101.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records of Brent Kramer and several of his colleagues' rank-and-file activities in Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 1101 from 1970 to the 1990s. CWA Local 1101 represented Bell System (and later Verizon) technical workers in Manhattan and the Bronx.
Materials include various union publications such as newspapers, newsletters, flyers, leaflets, pamphlets, and circulars. Some publications include Ring Down, New York Generator, Final Warning, Against the Grain, The Bell Wringer, and Labor Notes. Also included are correspondence, notes, article drafts, layouts, sample ballots, legal files related to Newman v. Local 1101, Communications Workers of America (a case in which he was also a plaintiff), mailers, a Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) conference program, newspaper clippings, nomination petitions, and a sign from the 1989 NYNEX strike.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Brent Kramer Files on Communications Workers of America, Local 1101; WAG 344; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Brent Kramer, October 2017. The accession number associated with this gift is 2019.004.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, materials were rehoused in archival boxes. Loose items were placed in archival folders. Some materials were rehoused in archival folders, with original folders photocopied to retain original information.
